In luggage and checked packages officers have found candy bars and hair crème packages that contain heroin and plastic cats concealing opium.

“We’ve seen cocaine stuffed in buttons,” Officer Finn said.

The search for smuggled goods begins soon after landing — with random checks by a mobile X-ray unit team peeking into passengers’ luggage. There are visits from drug-sniffing dogs and contraband checks inside aircraft electrical panels, as well as other potential hiding places.

Planes bring tons of cargo to JFK as well, including lots of fruits and vegetables from the Caribbean – like a particular plantain that wasn’t a plantain. It was made of Fiberglas and concealed cocaine, officials said.